Tag: Documentaries
Osama bin Laden doco headlines BIFF
Osama bin Laden is the unlikely drawcard at this year's Brisbane International Film Festival.[MORE]
Documentary gives insight into Aboriginal shearers
There is hope a documentary about Aboriginal sheep shearers near Bourke will be picked up by a television network. [MORE]
UK studio wins rights to 'pregnant man' film
A British studio will produce a documentary about 'pregnant man' Thomas Beatie.[MORE]
Dutch politician to make another anti-Muslim film
Right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders is planning a sequel to his anti-Muslim film Fitna, local media has reported. [MORE]
Balibo producer vows to tell truth in film
Balibo's film producer, John Maynard, says the movie will tell the truth.[MORE]
Distributor sued after Oscar-winning doco tanks
An US film-maker is seeking more than $US1 million in damages from a company he says failed to properly distribute and promote his Oscar-winning feature documentary Taxi to the Dark Side.[MORE]
Law society defends ethics after Corby lawyer's admission
An admission of blatant fabrication by the former lawyer of Schapelle Corby in a TV documentary has forced the Queensland Law Society to defend solicitors from being cast in a bad light.[MORE]
Film shows Beatles 'reunited' for show
There were brief moments of conflict when surviving Beatles 'reunited' with Yoko Ono.[MORE]
Documentaries on UK surgeon, US musician win awards
Films about a British neurosurgeon in Ukraine, a US banjo player seeking the instrument's African roots and a battle over a community garden in a poor Los Angeles neighbourhood were top winners at the Silverdocs documentary festival.[MORE]
Polanski doco changed after court's complaint
A documentary on director Roman Polanski has been altered after complaints from Los Angeles court officials over a key assertion in the film, US cable channel HBO says.[MORE]
Polanski's victim wants case closed
Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski should not have to serve time in prison for unlawfully having sex with a 13-year-old girl 30 years ago, his victim says.[MORE]
Steroids film examines US obsession with winning
A new documentary that takes a wide-ranging look at steroid abuse suggests an American culture of winning at all costs is at odds with its public condemnation of the performance-enhancing drugs.[MORE]
Doors doco to be 'anti-Oliver Stone' film
The surviving members of the Doors plan to release a documentary film in about six months, a project that former member Ray Manzarek describes as "the anti-Oliver Stone" film.[MORE]
Penn brings Australian aid film to Cannes
Sean Penn, Bono and Michael Moore bring Australian aid worker's film to Cannes.[MORE]
Tyson basks in doco glory at Cannes
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson won cheers at the Cannes Film Festival late on Friday (local time) after the red-carpet premiere of a moving documentary on his turbulent life.[MORE]
Film to celebrate Indigenous shearers
The role Aboriginal people play in the shearing industry in the Bourke district, in north-west New South Wales, is about to be documented in a film.[MORE]
Moore making Fahrenheit 9/11 follow-up
Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore has begun work on a "searing and provocative" follow-up to his 2004 political documentary Fahrenheit 9/11.[MORE]
Adventurer relives Mawson's legendary Antarctic journey
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Nearly a century after Mawson's harrowing Antarctic expedition, one adventurer has set out to repeat the journey.[MORE]
Film-maker seeks to bust popular shark myths
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A young film-maker has produced a doco which challenges many common shark myths.[MORE]
'Biggest doco ever' shooting in Townsville
45 film-makers arrive in Townsville to shoot Oceans, a $64 million documentary.[MORE]
Obama doco being filmed: report
Ed Norton and his Class 5 Films are reportedly producing a documentary about Democrat Barack Obama's historic bid for the White House.[MORE]
Iraq and torture gatecrash Oscars party
Documentaries about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are set to take centre stage at the Academy Awards on Sunday, giving Oscar guests a grim reminder of the uncertain world beyond the red carpet.[MORE]
Stones' magic gets Berlinale rolling
Berlinale gets off to a rocking start with Martin Scorsese's Rolling Stones doco.[MORE]
Abu Ghraib doco to premiere at Berlinale
A picture about the prisoner abuse scandal at Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail will become the first documentary ever to enter the competition at the Berlin Film Festival next month.[MORE]
Moore seeks more screens for non-studio films
Michael Moore is mad as hell about documentaries and foreign films being crowded out of theatres, and he is not going to take it anymore.[MORE]
